Patrick Sheffield wrote:
I read it that it works with the 800Mhz ram and you've got 667...
can't say why it wouldn't work, tho...
Patrick
I am on a Mac Pro 2.1 2007 I know all 2006 Mac Pro's & four core 2007's are Mac Pro 1.1 What even Apple said was there 1st Generation Mac Pro (check the system profiler)
Patrick what you said about "I read it that it works with the 800Mhz ram and you've got 667..., can't say why it wouldn't work, tho.."
I have to say I know for fact the ram speed difference has Zero to do with a ATI HD 4700 working on a Mac it is a dumb way of telling us we think you payed allot before here is the carrot-and-stick go pay for a New Mac Pro it will run that. The messed up part is the HD 4870 is no different the what happened with the 8800GT. Apple EFI is only a week 32BIT EFI on all the 2006-2007 Mac Pro's & I feel I was lied to saying the 2006-2007 Mac Pro's are a true 64-Bit computer. That 32-Bit EFI keeps us for running Vista 64 or XP 64 & soon Win 7 64BIT. OS X 10.6 is even true 64-Bit remember thats what we had been told when Tiger came out "64-Bit" (The G5 is more of a real 64-Bit Computer then the Mac Pros that replaced it.
Sorry if I seem to stray off my point is why can I use 3 HD 4870's in my dads old a Voodoo older then my Mac Pro. Both using PCIe1 but Apple wants to do what **** us off? Why are they saying sorry but even though PCIe 2.0 is cards are 100% backwards compatible with PCIe 1.1 so all the Mac Pro's made have the capability to run a T*he ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB GDDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card Compatible Slots*
*1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16*
Even a current GPU like the Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card. *Compatible Slots*
*1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16*
Please don't pee on my leg & tell me it is raining Apple & do what it right make the Radeon HD 4870 PCI Express Graphics Card work for all Mac Pro's it's not like you can't.
Thank You for listening everyone & lets get this card made to run on all Mac Pro's
The facts
The ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB GDDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card
General
Device Type
Graphics adapter
Enclosure Type
Plug-in card
Interface Type
PCI Express 2.0 x16
Width
4.9 in
Depth
0.7 in
Height
8 in
Weight
2.8 lbs
Processor / Memory
Graphics Processor / Vendor
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Clock Speed
750 MHz
Video Memory Installed
512 MB
Technology
GDDR5 SDRAM 256-bit
Memory Clock Speed
1.8 GHz
Features
Avivo HD Technology, ATI CrossFireX Technology
Video Output
Supported Display Graphics
QXGA (2048x1536), 2560x1600
API Supported
OpenGL 2.1, DirectX 10.1
Max Monitors Supported
2
TV Interface
HDTV out
Digital Video Standard
Digital Visual Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
HDCP compatible
Yes
Video Compression Standards
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces
2 x DVI-I - 29 pin combined DVI ¦ 1 x HDTV output ¦ 1 x HDMI - 19 pin HDMI Type A ( with adapter ) ¦ 1 x VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ( with adapter ) ¦ 1 x component video output ( with adapter )
*Compatible Slots*
*1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16*
Look this is new:
I am not eaven running a made for PCIe1 Card there all the same PowerColor RADEON HD 4870 PCS 512MB cost is now only $150 a card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102810
P.S. Apple remember the ADC Display's? HDMI is not as good as Mini DVI Port?
